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Tag Archives: Internet
It’s Just An Illusion – The Management of Perception
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ɪˈluːʒ(ə)n/ noun an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. a deceptive appearance or impression. a false idea or belief. We live in a society in which spurious realities … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, consciousness, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Consciousness, corporate media, Critical Thinking, culture, Fake News, Illusion, Information, Information War, Internet, media, Media Centralization, Misinformation, Narrative, news, Perception, Philip K. Dick, propaganda, psychology, Reality, RussiaGate, Social Media, society, Sociology, Technocracy, technology
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What happened to individual empowerment in the internet age?
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Apple Computer’s 1984 Superbowl commercial—one of the most iconic television commercials ever made—announced two things: the introduction of the Macintosh computer and that this computer could in some fashion allow each of us to escape … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Health, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged addiction, Attention, Consumerism, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, Internet, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, psychology, Smartphones, social control, Social Media, society, Sociology, Surveillance Society, Technocracy, technology
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Internet Free Speech All But Dead
Unelected, unnamed censors are operating across the Internet to suppress “unapproved” content. By Philip Giraldi Source: OpEdNews.com The Internet was originally promoted as a completely free and uncensored mechanism for people everywhere to exchange views and communicate, but it has … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged Anti-Defamation League, censorship, Craig Murray, deplatforming, Donald Trump, empire, Facebook, geopolitics, Google, Hate Speech, imperialism, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, media, Media Literacy, Ron Paul Institute, Russia-gate, Social Media, technology, Twitter, youtube
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Jacques Ellul: A Prophet for Our Tech-Saturated Times
Read his works to understand how we’ve been caught in technology’s nightmarish hold. By Andrew Nikiforuk Source: The Tyee By now you have probably read about the so-called “tech backlash.” Facebook and other social media have undermined what’s left of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, History, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Algorithms, Chamath Palihapitiya, Consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Facebook, Google, history, HyperNormalization, Internet, Jacques Ellul, Modern Civilization, Philosophy, propaganda, Silicon Valley, Social Media, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technological Progress, Technological Society, technology
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Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed
By Bruce E. Levine Source: CounterPunch “8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance” was originally published in 2011, then republished on several Internet sites, and has become one of my most viewed articles. The … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, media, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged addiction, Debt, Dissent. Occupy Movement, Doxxing, Economics, fear, financial crisis, FoMo, Internet, Liberation Psychology, Medicalization, Millenials, psychology, Red Pillers, Revolt, Self-Esteem, Social Justice Warriors, Social Media, Social Security, Sociology, technology, youth
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No Need To Wait – Dystopia Is Almost Upon Us
Source: TruePublica Microsoft’s CEO has warned the technology industry against creating a dystopian future, the likes of which have been predicted by authors including George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. Satya Nadella kicked off the the company’s 2017 Build conference with … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, media, police state, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Augmented Reality, big data, Biometrics, culture, Digital Currency, Dystopia, Economics, Facebook, Google, Internet, Internet Addiction, media, police state, psychology, Social Media, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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How Interlinked Corporations Rule The World
By Kris Kanthan Source: Activist Post Globalism is just like the mafia, but with lot more complexity and respectability. If you have watched mob films such as The Godfather, you can understand how the world works. For example, in Godfather II, a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Board of Directors, central banks, Corporate Globalization, corporatocracy, Economics, Free Market, Global Elites, Globalism, Globalists, Hillary Clinton, Internet, Neoliberals, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Syria, The Godfather, World Banks
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Something is wrong on the internet
By James Bridle Source: Medium As someone who grew up on the internet, I credit it as one of the most important influences on who I am today. I had a computer with internet access in my bedroom from the … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Video
Tagged Algorithms, automation, Bounce Patrol, capitalism, Child Abuse, Childhood Development, culture, Dystopia, Finger Family, Internet, Little Baby Bum, media, Peppa Pig, Play Go Toys, psychology, society, technology, Toy Freaks, Transhumanism, Trauma, youtube
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